Monday, December 18, 2006
up from down under!
holidays are strange things. its like being picked up by this big hand that spins the globe around and then drops u in some other corner of the world. a plunge into new sights sounds and smells. pretty cool, but half the time it seems unreal.. more so if your trips are anything like mine. we're hard core travellers man. heh. or more like kiasu, plenty of Must Sees n rushing abt.
Anw, in a really compressed version, here's wat we did.
Brisbane
-sea world: crazy animals n hilarious shows.
-movie world: wild roller coaster rides! hysterical fun too much adrenaline
-surfers paradise: swam at the beautiful beach. bruised and battered by those fierce waves! but we just kept gg back for more (:
-shop!
Port Stephens
-braved the rain and went out to sea to see wild dolphins! they're amazing. smart n beautiful n cute. they rode on the waves under our ship, occasionally flipping sideways to look at us (they're got perfect eyesight btw) n showing us their cute white bellies! their spectacular jumps drew collective wows fr us too. heh (:
- slid down a really really steep sand dune on a sleigh over n over again. mouthful of sand n back breaking climb back up everytime but it was fun.
- biking up steep sand hills on this quad bike thingy. exciting. too much when our bikes got stuck halfway tho n starts spewing sand n gg backwards. scary. i even fell off the bike when speeding down the hill. heh. vrrroom splat. lucky the sand was soft n the bike avoided me (:
Hunters Valley
-horse riding w tons of flies. ugh. wild kangroos hopping all over
- flower garden where we took crazy photos
-vineyard hopping n wine tasting.
tamborine mountain
-illegal apple picking at the orchard. apples on real trees have never been so exciting (:
-jenolan caves. interesting but cold n creepy.. w wall of screaming faces n wall of hook noses. all nature's doing.
sydney!
- shopping at various markets.
-darling harbour jet boat ride: damn fun (: music blasting, wind was so strong n we were cruising along at such high speeds w sudden turns n exciting stunts. sis n i were laughing too hard n getting soaked. plus there were great views. sydney opera house etc. i thought all my eyelashes would be blown off n our hair stayed salty n tangled the rest of the day. heh.
-sydney opera house. wowww. it looked like the inside of a crab to me at first.. not a very impressive impression but its actually wonderful.
-lastly bondi beach. its the most mesmerising beach ever. not bcos of the topless women sunbathing but the waves n soft sun. the perfect beach! we stood there w our mouths open. heh.
oh well. pics will be added soon (: so thats a fufilling barelyhavetimetocatchbreath holiday. whatever immense claustrophobia, car sickness, tiredness, getting lost in the dark n inevitable friction all quite forgotten by e stream of activities n ongoing excitement. tho things at some point were rickety it was worth getting through it. striving and moving along.
n now its back home to simple pleasures like my nice smelling stain free bed, fluffy squishy dog, space, peaceful silence, books n catching up w ppl i love.
i have lots to be thankful for. (:
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